"What a man needs is a brother to draw close, minister to him, and help him mature. He needs somebody to demonstrate to him another way to live, modeling a godly marriage, biblical parenthood, and the love of Christ."
"Being moral is inherently good because it is foundational to a person's flourishing in life, since doing well in life and being a good person still go together for most people."
"My face was veiled from men. For the most part, during those first 14 years of my feeble existence, the perimeter walls of our large garden were my boundaries."
"People are in need of reliable, accessible, simple information about the Bible."
"We all have one shot and one shot only to leave a lasting legacy -- a definitive mark on this world that reflects our decision to lean into, not away from, our areas of holy discontent."
"The forms of media and technology -- regardless of their content -- cause profound changes in the church and culture."
"The book of Genesis, through its many well-known stories, teaches us about God's plan for human relationships and emotions, especially within the family. Although the words "grandmother" or "grandfather" do not appear in Genesis, they easily could. These stories tell about individuals who lived for hundreds of years, living to see many generations. We can learn from their successes and from their failures."
"Christianity is on the move and is creating a seismic change that is changing the face of the whole Christian movement. Every Christian in the world, but especially those in the West, must understand how these changes will influence our understanding of church history, our study of theology, and our conception of world missions."
"As disciples of Jesus we are to do what we see God doing in Jesus, just as our shadow does everything we do."
"The earth was designed to sustain every generation's needs, not to be plundered in an attempt to meet one generation's wants."
"And so Cynthia and I found ourselves chafing at what we later would recognize was our first lesson in missionary life in Nepal: Be prepared for a comedown. Being asked to do something other than we were trained for was not what bothered us so much; it was being asked to do less. We learned what every missionary must sooner or later learn: If it's job satisfaction you expect, forget about being a missionary."
"Go behind the facade in any major town or city in the world today and you are likely to find a thriving commerce in human beings. You may even find slavery in your own backyard."
"I'm encouraged by what appears to be the genuine growth of Charismatics and Pentecostals in the U.S."
"Missions is a religious response. Humanitarianism is a societal response. But if we look at Jesus, we will plant a healthy, holistic faith that has the ability to lovingly, not forcefully, transform society."
"Sadly, rather than seeing the church as the light of the world, many people in the emerging culture see the church primarily in terms of its grave moral inadequacies."
"Is it possible to find the real Jesus? That depends on how you answer a more foundational question: Are you willing to set aside your preconceptions and let the evidence take you wherever it will?"
"We fail to grasp what joy really is, how it differs from happiness, what it is not, and how it can be fully experienced in our lives."
"As more and more people take Jesus' teachings on neighborly nonviolence and peacemaking seriously, as more and more people live out the simple way of Jesus in their communities, our whole world comes closer to the day when God's will is done on earth -- which includes the extinction of war."
"Either your past is serving as a springboard to a better tomorrow, or it is the proverbial albatross keeping you from moving forward today."
"Without a purpose, life is motion without meaning, activity without direction, and events without reason. Without a purpose, life is trivial, petty, and pointless."
